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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"">Voyeurs
</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>—after
the short documentary <i>Vultures of Tibet </i></span><span style="font-family:
"Times New Roman"">by Russell O. Bush<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">We watch others <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">watch a Sky
Burial<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">in the flapping
winds of Tibet.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">The vultures
arrive <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">from the stony
peaks<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">piecemeal at
first <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">then as sky
avalanche<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">a tumble of <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">boiling birds
tearing <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">into flesh.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">The curious pay
a fee <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">to local
officials<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">make a short
climb <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">for the best
angle <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">snap shots of
the vultures<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">the human <a name="_GoBack"></a>body.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">We watch each
other watch <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>audience
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>filmmakers<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>tourists<o:p></o:p></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">camera
lenses<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>monks<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>vultures<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">their hard
copper beaks<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">brown feathers
fluttering<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">like prayer
flags.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""><br></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Jodi Hottel <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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